11:12 PM,
Oct. 30, 2012

Geoff Lindes and his friend Mike Ronan, longtime Buckley's Tavern customers, were first to get served Tuesday.

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No one was going to beat Mike Ronan to one of the 20 open bar stools at Buckley's Tavern on Tuesday afternoon.

Ronan has been eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Centreville landmark ever since the doors were closed in January for major building renovations.

He's been keeping track of the construction progress and even made friends with the building's contractors, so he could get the inside scoop on when the restaurant would once again be serving hot food and cold drinks. ...